Invention

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A lightbulb is a glass globe with a filament inside- 71
When the globe gets power of electricity, filament glows- 71
It has a filament of burned cotton- 71
The filament doesn't catch fire because the bulb has an inert gas in it- 71
Glowed for 40 hours- 71
Filament glowed in a bulb that had all the air pumped out of it- 71

Inventor

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When 6 started a fire- 54
Expelled from school- 71
Born in Milan, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1847- WB- 6
In 1879 Edison made a bulb that worked for 40 hours- 71
In 1878 Edison began doing research on electric lighting- WB- 6
When he was 12, he sold newspapers, candy and sandwiches on passenger trains- WB-6
He looked for many different solutions when trying to solve problems- WB- 6
Not the first person to invent the lightbulb, but he made the best- 71
Scarlet fever left him hard of hearing

Place in History

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Gave people more light